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The future is our greatest adversary. We are a very backward-looking society, and as such, we are continually blindsided by the future.

I think dystopian futures are also a reflection of current fears.

The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a rebellious child.

What is certain about the future is that even the best efforts to predict the conditions of future war will prove erroneous. What is important, however, is to not be so far off the mark that visions of the future run counter to the very nature of war and render American forces unable to adapt to unforeseen challenges.

So not only do we need to deal with threats as they emerge, we have to be thinking in anticipation of future threats, and the things we do have to be things that enable the system to continue to work.

As the world undergoes a major transformation, it's the time of significant opportunity and also threat.

But before looking to the future, let's glance back at the road we've traveled these past two years because that is the source of much of the optimism we are all feeling about the future.

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.